World History
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The Seven Summits of the World
What are the Seven Highest Summits in the world? Everest (Asia): Everest, which is 8849 meters (29035 feet), is the highest mountain in Asia. Reaching a height of 6961 meters (2238 feet), Aconcagua (South America): Aconcagua stands as the highest mountain outside Asia. Denali (North America): The highest peak is Denali, 6190 meters (20310 feet). Kilimanjaro (Africa): The world’s highest freestanding mountain, Kilimanjaro in Africa, rises 5895 meters (19341 feet) above sea level. Elbrus (Europe): Europe’s highest mountain, Elbrus, stands 5642 meters (18510 feet) above sea level. Vinson Massif (Antarctica): With a height of 4892 meters (16050 feet), the Antarctic Vinson Massif is called the frozen giant. The 4884-meter (16024-foot)…
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History’s Worst Pandemics
1) Justinian Plague: Started in the year 541 C.E. in Constantinople. 2) The Black Death: Hit Europe in 1347 killing 200 million lives in four years. 3) Great Plague of London: In 1665 100,000 londoners died in seven months. 4) Smallpox: It was not until 1980 that the World Health Organization announced that smallpox was eradicated. 5) Cholera: In the early to mid 19th century tens of thousands were killed by cholera in England. Largely eradicated in developed countries cholera still plagues third world countries because of their lack of access to clean water and an untreated sewer system. Further reading on the history of pandemics
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Top 10 Evil Lairs
For years, the accepted wisdom was that Osama bin Laden was holed up in a cave along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It turns out he was living in a rather large, heavily armed house in an affluent town outside Islamabad. With his Abbottabad house being carefully examined, TIME takes a look at the horrible hideouts of other evildoers Full List HOME IS WHERE THE HATE IS Hitler’s Bunker As the Soviets were closing in from the East, and British and U.S. troops were moving toward Berlin from the West, Adolf Hitler took refuge in an underground lair — the Führerbunker, a massive complex of rooms directly below the New Reich Chancellery…
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